Re: Setting ulimit values in files on Redhat AS 2.1

From: Jean-David Beyer (jdbeyer_at_exit109.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:23:05 -0400

P.T. Breuer wrote:
> Pascal Legrand <Pascal.Legrand@univ-orleans.fr> wrote:
>
>>>>I need to set a few parameters at boot time.
>>>>
>>>>They need to be:
>>>> stack size (kbytes) (ulimit -s): 32768
>>>> open files (ulimit -n): 4096
>>>> max user processes (ulimit -u): 16384
>>>
>>>$which ulimit
>>>ulimit: shell built-in command
>>>
>>>try your shell's configuration file.
>>>Assuming you use bash, try /etc/profile
>>>
>>
>> cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
>
>
> Nothing to do with the question - those are system-wide limits, not his
> personal limits. Please use ulimit.
>
> Peter

Peter: that is really an interesting response.

You see, I inferred that he had just installed RHEL 2.1 ES and that he was
the sysadmin and wanted to set system-wide limits. It never occurred to me
that he just wanted to limit his own personal stuff. It is still not clear
to me which the O.P. is, though.

If it is just him, of course he could put ulimits into .bashrc or
.bash_profile (since default on Red Hat systems is to use bash shell). And
if he does not know the bash shell, he could read the O'Reilly book on it,
or even do man bash (although man bash is a bit too concise for a newbie). 

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